U.S. Teams Selected For IWWF Pan American Water Ski Championships

Four U.S. Water Ski Teams have been selected to compete in the 2022 IWWF Pan American Water Ski Championships, Nov. 29-Dec. 3, in San Bernardo, Chile. The teams – U14, U17, U21 and Elite – were selected based on a pre-determined selection criteria approved by the American Water Ski Association’s International Activities Committee and board of directors.

Selected to the U.S. Elite Water Ski Team were: Anna Gay (Winter Garden, Fla.), Blaze Grubbs (Rio Linda, Calif.), Kennedy Hansen (Milton, Fla.), Regina Jaquess (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.), Erika Lang (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Nate Smith (McCordsville, Ind.).

Selected to the U.S. Under 14 Water Ski Team were: Dylan Anderson (Maize, Kan.), BG Bickley (Macon, Ga.), Tia Byrne (Wolcott, Conn.), Cameron Davis (Milford, Va.), Freddy Davis (Milford, Va.) and Ella Gay (Winter Garden, Fla.).

Selected to the U.S. Under 17 Water Ski Team were: Vittorio Bloyer (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Emma Davis (Milford, Va.), Elizabeth Hall (Newnan, Ga.), Gage Kacprowicz (San Antonio, Texas), Chase Sparks (Dallas, Ga.) and Solie Stenger (Gettysburg, Pa.).

Selected to the U.S. Under 21 Water Ski Team were: Paul Wesley Cory (Sacramento, Calif.), Blaze Grubbs (Rio Linda, Calif.) and Samuel Weber (Lincoln, Neb.).

The team staff will consist of Mark Lane (Bellingham, Wash.), coach; Courtney Lane (Bellingham, Wash.), manager; and Dr. John Carder (Knoxville, Tenn.), physician.